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Apollo 11 anniversary: Which Astronauts are winning the social media race?

July 23, 2019

As the world marks the Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary of landing on the moon, new data looks at which astronauts are most talked about on social media today.

The biggest stars on Instagram: Kyle Jenner’s followers now ‘twice as big as UK population’

July 23, 2019

The world’s biggest Instagram stars are now racking up huge follower counts, with Lionel Messi getting double the population of Italy alone. New research looks at how follower count compares to the world’s most populated countries.

Instagram tests hiding likes to remove pressure

July 19, 2019

Instagram is rolling out a new feature to hide the ‘like’ count from users in seven new countries to “remove pressure” on users.

IPA Bellwether: UK ad budgets flatline amid political uncertainly

July 18, 2019

The latest IPA Bellwether report has signalled a stalling of growth in UK marketing budgets, following what had been a more positive start to the year.

Real or fake? Adidas Instagram goes viral as Grimes reveals bizarre fitness routine

July 17, 2019

Adidas has sparked social media buzz this week, after the star of its latest social media campaign, singer Grimes revealed a training regime that includes deprivation tanks, astro-gliding to other dimensions, and experimental surgery to remove the top film of her eye.

Facebook debuts ‘scam ad’ reporting tool with Martin Lewis and Citizens Advice

July 16, 2019

Facebook has launched a scam ad reporting tool that lets people ads they believe to be misleading or scams on Facebook.

US to fine Facebook $5bn for Cambridge Analytica user data scandal- report

July 15, 2019

The US Federal Trade Commission has voted to approve a fine of about $5bn for Facebook over privacy violations, according to a report.

France angers Trump with 3% tax on large digital firms

July 12, 2019

The French government has proposed a new tax in the country, that would charge large internet companies including Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook a 3% levy on their revenues, drawing ire from the US as a result.

Social media fail: Heck makes a pig’s ear of ‘Boris Banger’

July 8, 2019

Sausage maker Heck faced a grilling on social media today, after they hosted UK Prime Minister candidate Boris Johnson and created a special ‘Boris Banger’ in his honour.

Peek into the Matrix? Facebook outage reveals AI tags of user photos

July 5, 2019

Facebook uses were given a rare behind-the scenes glimpse of how their photos are automatically tagged by the social network, when an outage showed text instead of their profile images.